And in order to disguise her racism, she went to all of the trouble of marrying an Eskimo and having 5 filthy little half-Eskimo babies.

And that "Sambo" reference -- I'm sure that she used it. I sometimes find myself uttering things like "Sambo" and "Step-n-Fetchit" and similar slurs from the 1930s, and I'm about Palin's age.

I can't wait til they start uncovering Palin's past as a devil worshiper. She doesn't just shoot moose -- she sacrifices them to her Dark Lord and Master, Satan. At least that's what somebody overheard someone else saying in a diner outside of Turdhammer, British Columbia.

Lucille, please come back where you belongLucille, please come back where you belongI've been good to you babyPlease don't leave me alone(Little Richard)

You picked a fine time to leave me,LucilleWith four hungry children and a crop in the field.I've had some bad times,lived through some sad times,this time the hurtin' won't heal.You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.(Kenny Rogers)

It's embarrassing that they would run this, but scrolling through the comments, there are plenty from good liberals who call the "reporter" out on his bullshit. There are plenty of facts about Palin that we can find reprehensible, we don't need "unnamed sources."

The way Franciscans take a vow of poverty, the left has taken a vow of malice. Sarah Palin and her family are good people. This total commitment of resourceful reporters to discovering the lies and hypocrisy she demonstrated during her PTA tenure, is unseemly. They will eventually find some small scandal and draw the obvious parallels with Lucretia Borgia....Check out the covers of the current Newsweek and US. How hard do you have to search to find an unflattering photo of such a photogenic woman?

Zachary -- I agree, there are plenty of things about Palin that we can use to smear her with. Like polluting the human gene pool with a bunch of stinky little half blubber-chewers, just to cover her own racism.

Or shooting wolves from an airplane -- I heard that she used the rotating mini-gun from an A10 Warthog. Where's the sport in that? Or her membership in the Alaska Independence Party and the American Nazi Party, and her role in the Inuit Occupational Government (IOG), that vast cabal that enables the ice-bunnies to control our media, entertainment, and frozen novelties industries.

You wouldn't believe the lengths that IOG will go to in order to quash these facts. Check out this propaganda:

Could this post have something to do with Ann's inability, when challenged by Jane Hamsher, to name a single Democratic politician or credentialed journalist responsible for unfair attacks on Governor Palin?

I appreciate that you see through the obvious BS in this "article"; however I have to call BS on

there are plenty from good liberals who call the "reporter" out on his bullshit.

Ummm....I counted a few who were worried this would hurt the Obama campaign by backfiring on them or asking for further evidence, but liberals who called outright bullshit? Maybe a couple, but nowhere near "plenty"...

Most of the BS calling was by people who were obviously from the other side of the aisle. After all, you rarely hear liberals call each other "Marxists"...

Look at the trackbacks from other liberal bloggers picking this trash up and running with it as well as the overwhelming number of liberal commenters expressing their support of trying to mainstream this GROUNDBREAKING discovery...That is the more accurate picture of how the supposedly "reality-based" community is dealing with such an obvious fairytale.

american liberal elite: Your implication is clear, but there's a problem. The piece has been up at Memeorandum (which--note!--Althouse hat-tipped) for hours, and if you mosey on over there, you'll see the piece has been linked by a number of bloggers, left AND right, at least a couple of whom get more hits than Althouse, I'd warrant, even given this past week's spike.

So ... you're point is ... ? Be specific.

(If, by the way, your point really WAS that simply that you wish no one would be spreading this stuff as opposed to implying some specific flaw on specifically Althouse's part, I a) apologize and b) can concur. But I'm sorta doubting your point was simply the latter and rather more about the latter.)

"Could this post have something to do with Ann's inability, when challenged by Jane Hamsher, to name a single Democratic politician or credentialed journalist responsible for unfair attacks on Governor Palin?"

Well, allow me to help her out a bit: Howard Gutman. Not merely a "Democratic politician" or "credentialed journalist" (forgive the snickers at that rather lofty-sounding description, the "profession" of journalism certainly isn't what it used to be), but a member of the Obama campaign no less.

That was a stupid thing for Obama to say. But, c'mon, mcg, that's weak. The kind of crap tossed around in any campaign. The meme is that Palin has been subjected to an especially vicious line of attack. I want to hear something that would shock me, like the party implies is all around out there.

Eric's comment ("I'm not sure this one really merits the journalism tag") is about right. Every other meme that the Obama campaign's media and blogosphere surrogates have flooded political discourse with has turned out to be vapid, vaporous, gossamer, overinflated, or an outright lie. Why would this one be any different?

I agree Ann. this is incredible weak sourced "crap." But why are you linking to this obscure article. in fact the first place I read about Palin supposedly having an affair with her husband's business partner (also incredible weak sourced crap) was also on your website. It seems you are going to all kinds of contortions to say that Palin is being smeared. It is interesting you have not done the same about the much more prevalent anti-Obama stuff out there. Talk about selective outrage...

You know, I'm getting just a little bit tired of people who, on the one hand, tout the power of the vaunted netroots and the amount of influence it does and should have and yet, at the very same time, want to say--it has no power! has no influence! what commenters (read: members of the masses belonging to the net roots) doesn't count! what bloggers write don't count! what diarists write have no influence! show me the mainstream journalist/commentator who's writing it! the rest doesn't count!

Jim,"Bullshit" was my word, not theirs. And I only skimmed the comments and focused on the ones that found the story ridiculous.

ex:"No one is going to buy the waitress with no name and the official who isn’t supposed to talk to the press"

"ummm…her husband is part native. These web sites are a joke, completely nonsense."

"Not true. She appeared in Wisconsin and I believe Michigan too today with John McCain. I’m no fan of Palin’s. In fact, I abhor her positions. But let’s be sure of our facts. Because if we spout lies and misstatements about her, people won’t believe the truth when they hear it. Please people. It’s important to get your facts straight."

I agree most with that last comment. All of Sarah's statements about opposing the bridge, her positions on earmarks, and radical social conservative views are what interest me. Not crap from some "American" "journalist" who, heh, lives in Toronto. What an idiot.

This being the first place so many people are hearing about this, that a nd the other assertion COULD--dare I say it?--be a product of what and in what order people read things (and when they tend to read blogs).

I will say categorically: I'm pretty sure I've caught just about every thing thrown out there relatively quickly, and I'm 100% certain that in -0- (zero) cases did I first read it at Althouse.

1. Bill Clinton can use the N-word repeatedly in office -- with multiple sources who said so ON THE RECORD. But that isn't reported, while the slur you cite is.

2. Hillary Clinton can say Jewish slurs (many years ago) with multiple sources ON THE RECORD. But that isn't reported, at least not much.

3. A guy comes forward and claims ON THE RECORD that he had sex and did drugs with Obama twice in 1999 and that is not reported. But the National Enquirer reports one of her enemy's statements that Palin had an afffair, even though they don't indicate who the person is or how that person found out: he guessed it happened? Todd said so? Sarah said so? The other guy said so? They never say. And the Enquirer itself says that the charge is "INCREDIBLE," which literally means NOT BELIEVABLE. That's how they get around defamation laws. They report the slur and then say that it's not believable, using a word that most readers won't understand as actually undercutting the statement.

4. George W. Bush is depicted as a druggie (probably true), when no one comes forward to say that they did drugs with him. Al Gore does all sorts of drugs with people and two people go ON THE RECORD with their story and it doesn't get covered outside of Tenn. radio. The reason it's run there is that a radio host was one of the people he did drugs with and Gore published a news article early in his journalism career about hanging out with the radio guy's street gang.

Memeorandum, on the other hand, has been a frequent source--in the sense that it tends to point to such items. Certain aggregators and feeds, along with alerts, also point to them, not to mention blogs attached to various journalistic outlets. (Ahem. Andrew Sullivan anyone? Just for one exhibit.)

I'm glad name withheld held his name because I'm not sure any credible person would want to lend their name to that post. It took me about 5 seconds to debunk the Obama gay story. I assume it took journalists about 10 seconds (I'm likely better with Google than they are) so that's the reason they didn't report it.

Reader I know you know that many if not most of the quotes journalists use are fabricated or "cleaned up." Maybe it was different back in the day when Hildy Johnson was on the beat but a lot of things are different then they were when people had integrity and didn't view everything through an ideological prism. I make no distinction between Newsweek and the Weekly Standard. They are all lying sacks of shit, and not to be believed.

I don't think the allegations about Obama are probably true. They are better sourced than the ones that the Natl. Enquirer and the LA rag are, and more deserving of being covered, but still not worth covering without more evidence.

As for the Clinton N-word stories and sexual assaults, I think these should have been tracked down and published if they can be verified, since they were quite plausible.

Trooper: Do you think for one second that you have cited, or can cite, a single journalist who's been a bad apple that I don't already know about? Highly, highly unlikely. It's a long-term interest of mine, and I'm passionate and rigorous on the topic and have been for decades.

You're contemptuous out of dislike and, perhaps (because I don't know), distance. I'm contemptuous out of love and passion, and familiarity. Now, one can argue that there's a need for both POVS. I certainly could. But don't let's pretend there's not a difference

I know sweetie but have you ever been interviewed by someone who mangled every single word you said and totally changed your quote. Or read an article about something you know about like your own neighborhood and they everything wrong up to and including the street names. Most journalists are lazy opinionated idiots. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing to be, after all I have that on my resume. But wake up and smell the coffee. Palin loses nothing by not talking to these lying, plagiarizing, fabricating scum bags. Go right to real people and talk to them. They know the score.

One of my best friend’s mom died and a journalist for the New York Times came in to interview him and his brothers. She ran a small coffee shop and this guy used to come in to get coffee and the papers. Anyway, he got everything wrong up to and including the name of his brothers and the fucking street the store was on, (where he had actually been many times). And he managed to extensively quote someone on the block who had a long time feud with his mom. He didn’t ask anyone to find out if he should have taken some of the invective with a grain of salt. The copy was too good. Maybe that's good journalism, I don't know. I do know I had to stop my buddy and his brothers from throwing this douche bag a beating when he showed up at the funeral all proud that he got the story in the paper. Jeeeez.

I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough. I thought by juxtaposing the sourced Obama smear with the unsourced Palin smear my meaning was clear.

I don't believe the claim made about Obama, and I don't think the press should cover it, but if it did, it would be more justified than covering the unsourced Palin stories.

Personally, I think the lie detector test was a setup; the website that performed the test was until fairly recently a porn site. Obama's accuser strikes me as a kook, probably delusional. Probably it never happened but he thinks it did. He does not, however, strike me as a liar.

BTW, did you notice the very liberal but real journalist with McCain in the convention movie when they were talking about his visit to N.Vietnam?Walter Cronkite. Never made stuff up. The definition of "reporter".

Long ago and in another country I worked for your basic foreign correspondent-type guy who was with your basic TV network. Heckuva guy. Dead now.

One time I asked him who all these sources were, you know, the ones he kept referring to, the ones I never saw him interview. In his reports, he said things like "Diplomats here say..." or "Foreign observers believe..." or "American officials say...."

I asked him because all I ever saw him do was do the Lou Grant thing with his desk drawer, if you know what I mean.

He looked around the room, put his finger to his lips like he was whispering, and then pointed at his chest. Of course, he never interviewed anyone for all that background stuff. C'mon. Takes a lot of energy that interviewing.

vbspurs said... "It beggars comprehension how people can think of such tripe as truth."

She's their political enemy. These days, that's enough. Nothing the left could accuse her of wouldn't be believed by the base. These are the same people who chant "Bush lied." The Truth is the claim that best serves the needs of the Party. And the Party is All.

It's rather telling how your, um, commenteriat goes from vehemently denying the veracity of the story to upping the ante (cf. rcocean) on the supposedly bogus quote. And you, Althouse, don't find it bothersome in the least.

Reader, go to the farmers market at the end of the day and make a deal for the ripe tomatoes that they have left over. I buy a few cases at a time when I want to put up sauce. You can get a deal if they don't want to bring the stuff home. And of course the really ripe stuff is great for making your sauce. Along with some basil. Good stuff.

No, no, Trooper--what you're not getting is that I mean around here in general. We just went to the farmers' market earlier today, and my husband goes regularly (1-2X per week). Poor pickin's, even from regular vendors who recognize us and save stuff back. And expensive!

I am so sad.

(And mad, at myself--to think of all the states [!!] I was just staying in or passing through! I mean, I could have slashed the kid to the roof and filled up the vehicle! Uh, well, at least filled up remote space with bags of tomatoes.

"And mad, at myself--to think of all the states [!!] I was just staying in or passing through! I mean, I could have slashed the kid to the roof and filled up the vehicle! Uh, well, at least filled up remote space with bags of tomatoes."

Yeah, Trooper, they do get the name of the movie right, generally. They can also be moderately observant in other respects. For instance, I notice that Lee Lee's Valise and P.J. Hanley's are the only business establishments on Court Street with "We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To Anyone" signs in their window.

I do okay in Hanley's, but my breasts aren't quite big enough for me to try my luck in Lee Lee's yet. Care to buy me a few rounds, chief?

I would be happy to buy you a drink. Just no politics ok. We can just be happy drunk guys together.

By the way you should check out Blakes blog THe Bit Maelstrom. He really writes great posts about movies that I think you will really enjoy. I am sure you can add some prespective to a lot of his threads.

"It's rather telling how your, um, commenteriat goes from vehemently denying the veracity of the story to upping the ante (cf. rcocean) on the supposedly bogus quote. And you, Althouse, don't find it bothersome in the least."

I too weep at Althouse's vow of cruel neutrality. And I love the phrase "supposedly bogus quote" - like there's no convincing evidence but it sounds true to liberals. AKA "Truthiness".

He insists that sheets be woven at the dizzyingly high thread count of 240 to 300 per square inch (compared to the usual 180). His off-the-shelf cotton-and-polyester top sheets range from $182 to $420 king-sized; silk would run as much as $750. Asked about Porthault, his equally expensive prime competitor, Athos replies: "Our designs are similar but more modern, cleaner and stripped to the essentials." Like an old haute couture house, Pratesi presents his new collection annually at Florence's Pitti Palace, no less.

According to Alaskans interviewed for this article, she is also vindictive and mean. We’re talking Rove mean and Nixon vindictive.

I'd dispute that. Rove has never come across as "mean" in the sense that Harry Reid, Howard Dean, Tom DeLay, even LBJ - delighted to punish or belittle someone with less power than them.

And one mark of Nixon, complicated, twisted soul he was -- was not paying back people who had crossed him and he prevailed over - not like FDR, Truman, Jimmy Carter were where anyone that crossed them once were forever held to be disloyal and backballed.

THAT is vindictiveness.

Nixon, by Nixon's rules, felt it was all part of the game of politics to go after present individual enemies hard, but not continue warring on those people from his past who were no longer in a position to harm him.

But Nixon, like Jackson, Lincoln, Truman, and LBJ kept lifetime class resentments against those that treated him like presumptuous dirt trying to rise above his station - born to a poor farmer.Nixon hated wealthy East Coast elites all his life. And he also hated the Jewish media and intelligensia. First because they had never stopped their vindictiveattacks on him for his anti-Communist activities, but foremost because he saw those Jews in publishing and universities as elites that were even more class-driven than the East Coast WASPS and more than once noted that the Jews only went after sons of poor working men who were anti-communists, while giving witch-hunters Robert F. Kennedy, Roy Cohn, and JFK near-complete social and political passes for their prosecutions.

Then being Nixon, and a walking contradiction, he hired in a number of liberal, East Coast Jews and WASPs to fill positions in his Administration.

So much for detente, even among Carroll Gardens guys. Then again, Rufus T. Firefly and Ambassador Trentino were never able to work it out, either.

Yes, Trooper, my girthage has expanded into the excessively girthsome, it's true. The complacency of married life could be called in as an excuse, but I suspect doing so would only open up a whole other can of worms.

Still, don't you think I look younger since I lost the beard? (Rhetorical question.)

Seriously...next time you spot me outside at Abilene and want to bellow or mutter over a beer, me and my girth would love to spot you a round.

How much bullshit do leftists think they can throw at the wall, hoping some of it will stick, before they consider the downside of convincing the majority of us likely voters not to listen to a damned word they say because - shocker - they've demonstrated they're nothing but bullshit flinging monkeys?

Who is Sarah Palin and why are all those people saying terrible things about her?

Palin Asked City Librarian About Censoring Books, Insisted It Was “Rhetorical.” In 1996,according to the Frontiersman, Wasilla’s library director Mary Ellen “Emmons said Palin asked heroutright if she could live with censorship of library books.” Emmons said, “This is different than a normalbook-selection procedure or a book-challenge policy…She was asking me how I would deal with hersaying a book can’t be in the library.” Palin said in response, “Many issues were discussed, bothrhetorical and realistic in nature.” [Frontiersman, 12/18/96]

This purports to be a copy of a document the Democrats prepared on Palin in 2006. Every paragraph is sourced, so have at it:

The book banning allegation has been proven to be false. The barking, screaming moonbats are using a list of books generated from an Internet website which includes books published after 1996. Same with the allegation that Palin was a member of the secessionist Alaskan Independence Party and had an affair with her husband's ex-business partner.

In short, she's driving the Drive Bys and the Left so absolutely insane they have to make things up.